Shock-handling attachment for crop-treating machines.



PATENTED JAN. 1,' 1907.

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SHOCK HANDLINGATTAGHMENT FOR CROP TREATING MACHINES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. SOHUMAN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES B. SCHUMAN AND JOSEPH K. SHARPE, JR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AND THEOPHILUS KING, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, A OOPARTNER- SHIP.

SHOCK-HANDLING ATTACHMENT FOR CROP-TREATING MACHINES.

No. 840,019. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April l7I 1906. Serial No. 256,082.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

T0 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. ScHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State-of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Handling Attachments for Crop-Treating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide means by which entire shocks may be lifted bodily to a point adjacent the receiving end of a shredder and the stalks maintained in an upright position in such manner that the operator may get the stalks without stooping to pick them up, the arrangement being such that the shock-embracing means forms part of the shock-lifting means and being also such that the lifting mechanism may be driven by power from the tially vertical axis. Each finger-shaft carries a plurality of shock-embracing fingers 23. Secured to upright 13 is a cross-head 24, which consists of a pair of parallel transverse bars between which each shaft 22 extends. Each end of the cross-head is closed by a bar or plate 26, which is adapted to limit the outward swing of the adjacent shaft 22.

Secured to each shaft '22 above the crosshead 24 is a grooved collar 27, around which an intermediate portion of a cable 28 is wrapped, the ends of said cable being attached to the upright 13 and a bracket 29, respectively, whereby when the shaft 22 is swung upon the horizontal pivot of the stud 21 it will be given a partial rotation by the action of cable 28. Each shaft 22 is adapted to enter the notch 30 of a latch-bar 31 and be thus held upright. Each latch-bar 31 is norshredder. mally urged into the position shown in full The accompanying drawings illustrate my I lines at the left of Fig. 4 and the lower side of invention. Fig. l by means of a spring 32, and each latch- Figure 1 is a plan; Fig. 2, an end elevation; Fig. 3, a side elevation; Fig. 4, a perspective detail; Fig. 5, a detail vertical section of one of the masts, and Fig. 6 a sectional detail of the upper end of the central standard 13.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a shock-receiving platform, which is located adjacent the receiving end of a shredder. Pivoted to suitable standardsll at the rear end of platform 10is atransverse bar 12, which carries at its middle a suitable upright 13. This upright 13 is provided at an intermediate point with a rearwardlyprojecting ear 14, to which are pivoted the upper ends of a pair of struts 15, the lower rear end of each of which is provided with a transverse pin 16, adapted to be slipped transversely into a perforation in an car 17, extending rearward from the side beams 10 of the platform 10, the arrangement being such that by swinging the rear lower endsof the struts 15 toward each I bar is provided at its outer end with a portion 31, which is adapted to be engaged by the adjacent shaft 22 when it is swung'to the position shown at the upper side of Fig. 1

1n the upper end of each shaft 22 on a stem 35 is a head 35, which is adapted to serve as a support for a pulleyblock 36, through which a lifting-cable 37 is passed. This lifting-cable is provided at its free end with any suitable form of shock-embracing means, (not shown,) and near this end is provided at an intermediate point with a button or enlargement 38, which cannot pass through the ulley-block The other end of cable 37 is ed through a suitable block 39 and from shaft 41, which by a suitable train of gears 42 is driven by the shaft 43, carrying a pulley 44, which may be belted to the shredder. One end of each drum 40 is provided with a clutch member 45, adapted to be engaged by a sliding clutch member 46, which is keyed to the shaft 41 and which is operated by means of a yoke 47, pivoted to the lower end of a shifting lever 48, which is normally held by a spring 49 in such position as to Withdraw clutch member 46 from clutch member 45. The u per end of each lever 48 is ad apted to be he (1 by a latch member50, pivoted other pins 16 may be withdrawn from ears 17 and the structure described folded down for transportation. I

Secured to the upper side of bar 12, one on each side of the upright 13, are two brackets 20 20, to each of which is pivoted on a horizontal pivot an upright stud 21, upon which is journaled a finger-shaft 22, said fingera shaft being thus rotatable upon a substanand the righthand end of Fig. 4. Pivoted thence to a winding-drum 40, mounted on a.

to the cross-head 24, said latch serving to hold the Iev'er 48 against the action of spring 49, and thus hold clutch member 46 in engagement with clutch member 45. Pivoted to cross-head 24 adjacent each latch 50 is a releasing member 51, which is provided with a cam-shaped end 52, adapted to take under a finger 50, carried by the latch 50, in such manneras to withdraw said latch from lever 48. The releasing member 51 is connected by a link 53 with the adjacent catch 30.

. 'The operation is as follows: The operator swings catch to the position shown in full lines in the upper side of Fi 1 and swings fingers23 of the adjacent shaft 22.to the. rear, this movement serving. at the same time to swing the shaft 22 in a vertical plane to the position shown in full lines to the rightiof- Fig; 2, where its upper end will lie beyond theside of the structure. lifting-cable will then be .carried to a shock at anydesired distance from the machine and attached thereto in any desirable manner;v The operator on the machine or the one on theground'thenswings the proper lever 48 UIItllitlilS caught by its latch 50, whereupon:

the corresponding winding-drum will be driven and the lifting-cable wound upon the: drum.. When the button 38 comes into enga ement with the pulley-block 36, afurther:

pu ion the liftingecable servestodraw the: upperend of the shaft22 inward, and. .as this movement? takes place the corresponding."

cable 28 causes the shaft 22'to.rotate, thus:

sitionrindicated at the lower side of Fig. 1,. the. fingers thus servingto shift the lifted shock. over. onto the platform 10.. As-the shaftt23, swings inward the corresponding..-

catchmember 31 also moves inwarduntilthe: shaft 22. freachesnotch '30. At the same time: link'53shifts the member'51 so asto bring. the cam portion: 52. thereof beneath finger-", and thereby liftthe latch 50 seas to .releaselever 48, whereupon spring 49 shifts the; same to the position shown at Fig; 2, and thus withdraws the corresponding clutch 46 from driving engagement-"with its drum. As soon as this. action occurs the weight of the. shock is suflicient to :unwind a portion :of thecable' from thedrum, and thus.

permit :the shock to drop. upon the platform 1 1.0 and standthereon in an :upright position: Whenthe band .of the shock is cut, the stalks will fall back lnto .thecrotch formed between thecross-head24 and the adjacent fingers so that'the operator" 23' and :be held aupright, can readily grasp a handful of-them without steeping. and thenturn to feed them to .the shredder: Each side ofthe structure oper ates independently of the other.

Ituwill sometimes occur that the machine willibe set in such position as to .renderit im-:-

The free end of the 23 from the position 111- dicated at the upper side of Fig.1 1 to the per the. left of:

materiallyfacilit ating practicable to use one side for lifting to the feedingplatform, and under such circumstances the operation wouldlikely be too slow if only one of'the liftingmechanisms were used. I deem it advisable, therefore, to make the standard 13 somewhat'higher than the masts or shafts 22 and provide the upper end of said standard with a socket 60, which is adapted to receive the shank 35 of either head 35. That head 35 which belongs to the unoperated lifting mechanism is then withdrawn from its shaft 22 and placed in the socket 60, and because of theadditional height of the standard 13 the liftinge'eable may be carried to any. point, even. uponthe same side of the machine as thesliftingmechanism which is being operated; and the oper ator for this sideof the machine may then devote his time to bringingv in the. shocks from distantpoints' to a point convenientof access with the lifting mechanism'whichiis carried 'by themast 22in commission, thus.

the operation of bringing the shocks-to "the feeding-platform;

I' claim a'smy invention- 1..A lifting mechanism. consisting of,'. an mast, a pivotal support therefor permitting. both swing of the mast in a substantially ver:-'-- tical pl ane and rotation thereof about'iitsaxis, a pulley-block supported at.'.th"ez.uppervfree end of said mast, liftingcable passing. through said block, an enlargementicarried by the. outer end ofsaid cableand adaptedito engage the pulley-block whereby furtherilifteing pull upon the. cable williswing themast, means for. positively rotating the. mast on its axis and means forr limiting: the vertical; swing of the mast.

2. In aliftingmechanism, the combination. with a suit able support; of -i a 1masti pivot ally and I rot at ably mounted thereon; gatherings armscarried by said mast, means fordimitirr the swing. of themast uponiits-pivotalxsup eport, means for rotating the mast, and lifting mechanism carriedbysaid mast.

3; In a liftingmechanism,thecombinatiom with a suitable support, of atmastpivotallyI and rot atably mounted :thereon, gatherings-- arms carried :by said mast, means-for limiting. theswing of the mastfupon its pivotahsup port,. means forv rotating: the mast: as: it swings, and mast.

4. In a lifting mechanism, theccombinationwith a suit able: support, of a'rmast pivotally/ and. rotatably mounted thereon, gathering== armscarried by said. mast, a pulley-block carried at the upper end of said mast, meanss for limiting -:the swing of the -mast upon its pivotal support, meansfor:rotatingtheimastas it swings,- a lifting-cablepassing:through said pulley-block and providediat a'pointiin; its outer end with )an enlargement .ntoo large-- to pass through the pulley-block;

lifting mechanism carried; by said 5. In a lifting mechanism, the combination with a suitable support, of a mast pivotally and for limitingthe swing of the mast upon its pivotal support, means for rotating the mast, a lifting-cable passing through said pulleyblock and provided at a point in its outer end I with an enlargement too large to pass through the pulleyblock. 4

6. In a lifting mechanism, the combination l with a, suitable mechanism carried by the mast.

7. In a lifting mechanism, the combination with a suitable support, of 'a mast arms carried by said the swing of said mast having its ends secured to the support and its the mast, a pulleyblock carried at the upper free end of said mast, a lifting-cable passed through said pulley-block, and a button too large to pass through the pulley-block carried by the outer end of the cable.

8. In a l-ifting mechanism, the combination with a suitable support, of a mast plvotally for rotating said mast, a at the upper free end of said mast, a liftingcable passed through said pulley-block, and l a bultton too large to pass through the pulleybloc pulley-block carried having its ends secured to the support and its i ing means for said drum consisting in part of a separable clutch, and means controlled by the movement of the mast to automatically separate said clutch mechanism.

10. In a lifting mechanism, the combina tion with a suitable support, of a mast pivotmast,

separable clutch, and means the movement of the mast for :separating said clutch.

g :mg-arms carried upon its pivot, a cord 1 ally and rotatably mounted thereon, gathering-arms carried iting the swing of said mast upon its pivot, a

pulley-block carried at the upper free end of said mast, a lifting-cable passed through said pulley-block, a button too large to pass through the pulley-block carried by the outer end of the cable, a winding-drum adapted to receive said liftingcable, driving means for said drum consisting in part of a controlled by automatically 12. In a lifting mechanism, the combinati on with ally and means for rotating said mast, a pulley-block carried at the upper free end of said mast, a lifting-cable passed through said pulleyblock, a button too large to pass through the pulleyblock carried at the outer end cable, a winding-drum adapted to receive said lifting-cable, 7V drum consistingin part of a separable clutch, and means controlled by the movement of the mast for automatically separating said clutch.

13. In a lifting mechanism, the combination with a suitable support, of a mast pivotally and rotatably mounted thereon, athering-arms carried by said mast, means for limiting the swing of said mast upon its pivot, a cord having its ends secured to the support and its middle wrapped about the mast, a pulley-block carried at the upper free end of said mast, a lifting-cable passed through said pulley-block, a button too large to pass through the pulley-block carried by the outer end of the cable, a winding-drum adapted to receive said lifting-cable, driving means for said drum consisting in part of a separable clutch, means controlled by the movement of the mast for automatically separating said clutch, a lever for shifting said clutch, a latch for holding said lever in opposition to the automatic separating means, a catch adapted to engage the mast and hold it against swing, and a latch-operating member l thereon, gathering-arms carried by each of said masts, means for limiting the swing of each mast upon its pivotal support, means for rotating each mast independently as it pull upon the cable will swing themast, means swings, and lifting mechanism carried by for positively rotating the mast on its axis, each mast. and means for limiting the swing of the mast.

15. In a lifting mechanism, the combina- 17. A lifting mechanism consisting of, a

5 tion with a suitable support, of a pair of rotatable mast, a pivotal support therefor masts each pivotally and rotatably mounted permitting such a swing of the mast that its thereon, gathering-arms carried by each of outer end will rise as it approaches dischargsaid masts, means for limiting the swing of ing position, a pulley-block supported at the each mast upon its pivotal support,means for upper free end of said mast, aliftin cable [0 rotating each mast independently, lifting supported at the upper free end of sai mast,

mechanism carried by each mast, and a mast an enlargement carried by the outer end of higher than the movable masts arranged besaid cable and adapted to engage the pulleytween said movable masts and adapted to block whereby further lifting pull upon the support lifting mechanism, for the purpose cable will swing the mast, means for limiting 15 set forth. the further swing of the mast, means for r0- 16. A lifting mechanism consisting of, a tating the mast as it swings, and gatheringmast, a pivotal support therefor permitting arms carried by said mast. such a swing of the mast that its outer end In witness whereof I have hereunto set my will rise as it approaches discharging posihand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 20 tion and the mast will rotate on its axis, a 12th day of April, A. D. 1905.

pulley-block supported at the upper free end of said mast, a lifting-cable passing throug. JAMES SCHUMAN' said block, an enlargement carried by the Witnesses:

outer end of said cable and adapted to en ARTHUR M. H001),

25 gage the pulley-block whereby further lifting JAMES A. WALSH. 

